It was early one August morning in 1888 when Bertha Benz, the wife of motor car inventor Carl Benz, embarked on the first ever long-distance journey in automotive history in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen Type III (patent motor car type 3) accompanied by her two sons.

2013 marks 65 years of Land Rover, a car-maker with a rich heritage, and today a maker of some of the most sought-after and luxurious cars in the world. Funny to think that it all began with a British-built version of an American original.